Only Love I Saw

Who is that silent one
who calls you in the night?
who knows your every hope 
And all your fears and fright?
Who is that loving one
Who holds you in their arms?
Who catches you from falling
And protects you from all harm?

You are the radiant one,
The bringer of light,
You are the sacred, the luminous, the wonder.
What is there to find in temples and in shrines?
When you, my precious one, are the only thing that shines?

In the happy and the sad,
In the rich and in the poor
I could not see a difference, only Love I saw.

In the sinner and the saint,
In the robber and the law
I could not see a difference, only Love I saw

In the kindly and the cruel
In the perfect and the flaw
I could not see a difference, only Love I saw

You are the radiant one,
The bringer of light,
You are the sacred, the luminous, the wonder.
What is there to find in temples and in shrines?
When you, my precious one, are the only thing that shines?

In the happy and the sad,
In the rich and in the poor
I could not see a difference, only Love I saw.

In the sinner and the saint,
In the robber and the law
I could not see a difference, only Love I saw

In beggars who have less
   and in princes who have more
I could not see a difference, only Love I saw

In kings who hold their scepters
   and empty hands of straw
I could not see a difference, only Love I saw

Now I give myself to you
   and, lo, I am no more
I could not see a difference, only Love I saw

Now my precious one
Look with perfect sight
And there you’ll see the world 
Shining as your own light 

You are the radiant one,
The bringer of light,
You are the sacred, the luminous, the wonder.
What is there to find in temples and in shrines?
When you, my precious one, are the only thing that shines?


[Lyrics by Jonathan Star]